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irisblue

(35,803 posts)
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 05:40 PM Aug 5

Lex Wexner of Ohio bought Jeffery Epsteins house in NYC for him

Source-https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/jeffrey-epstein-mansion-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b08.Ga-F.sI3R1Xee5FAz&smid=url-share


snip,"The townhouse, a stone’s throw from Central Park, was sold to Mr. Epstein in 1998 by Leslie H. Wexner, the billionaire owner of L Brands. Mr. Epstein renovated and redecorated the mansion in an eccentric style.

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Lex Wexner of Ohio bought Jeffery Epsteins house in NYC for him (Original Post) irisblue Aug 5 OP
The Mogul and the Monster: Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Decades-Long Relationship With His Biggest Client irisblue Aug 5 #1
Many of us here in Central Ohio at the height of Wexners retail empire irisblue Aug 5 #2
Trump secrets of waterbury Beachnutt Aug 5 #3
Where does it say Wexner bought the house for him? Wiz Imp Aug 5 #4
I think you're right. Grins Aug 5 #5

irisblue

(35,803 posts)
2. Many of us here in Central Ohio at the height of Wexners retail empire
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 05:55 PM
Aug 5

Worked in & shopped in his stores, stores like Bath & Body Works, Lane Bryant.

I had radiographs done at the OSU Wexner Medical Center

I enjoyed films & events at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the OSU campus.

Abigail Wexner served on The Ohio State University Board of Trustees from 2014 to 2023. Her term ended in May 2023.


The roots of Epsteins rape culture are embedded in Ohio

Wiz Imp

(6,750 posts)
4. Where does it say Wexner bought the house for him?
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 08:39 PM
Aug 5

It says he sold it to him.

It was purchased for $13.2 million by the billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner in 1989. Jeffrey Epstein moved into the house in 1995, at which time he claimed to own it, although its registered ownership changed in 2011 from a trust connected to both Wexner and Epstein to a trust controlled by Epstein.

There was some shady dealing with the house changing ownership in 1998 and 2011, with the transfer price in 2011 being $0. It may be that Wexner in some way sold it to Epstein for nothing. But given that Wexner bought it and owned it for 6 years before Epstein moved in, I don't see how one can say he bought it FOR Epstein.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_N._Straus_House

Grins

(8,787 posts)
5. I think you're right.
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 11:30 PM
Aug 5

Last I read was that Wexner gave Epstein 100% financial power of attorney. He could do ANYTHING with Wexner’s money. One of which was doing a sweetheart transaction that put that mansion in Epstein’s hands.

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